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Entergy Leaving Gotham Behind
By Roger Witherspoon Download and/or Print Article Entergy Nuclear has dropped its share of electricity supporting New York City and...
Roger Witherspoon
Dec 5, 20106 min read
Q&A: State and Local Power Distribution
Q: How much electricity is generated in the state? A: According to the New York Independent System Operator, which runs...
Roger Witherspoon
Dec 5, 20102 min read
Q&A: Entergy’s Local Presence
Q: How much electricity do Indian Point 2 and 3 produce? A: According to Entergy’s annual report for calendar year 2009,...
Roger Witherspoon
Dec 5, 20102 min read


Reversal of Fortune: Entergy’s Humbling Nuclear Venture
By Roger Witherspoon Download and/or Print Article Entergy Corporation’s low key announcement might well have been posted on Craig’s...
Roger Witherspoon
Nov 15, 201011 min read


Explosion Forces Eighth Nuclear Plant Shut Down
By Roger Witherspoon Download and/or Print Article An explosion and fire in a transformer at the Indian Point power station Sunday...
Roger Witherspoon
Nov 8, 20104 min read


Something New from Koreans on the Left Coast
By Roger Witherspoon Download and/or Print Article The man in the parking lot walked slowly around the Sonata, pausing occasionally to...
Roger Witherspoon
Oct 26, 20104 min read


Party Time, Fiesta Style
If nothing else, the commercials for the 2011 Ford Fiesta will grab your attention.
Roger Witherspoon
Oct 22, 20104 min read


Unexplained Mishaps Shut Indian Point 3
By Roger Witherspoon Download and/or Print Article A series of unexplained mechanical failures – including a large hot water leak and the...
Roger Witherspoon
Sep 10, 20104 min read


NRC Probes Indian Points’ Troubled Steam Generators
By Roger Witherspoon Download and/or Print Article Federal officials are investigating Entergy Nuclear Corps’ management of its massive...
Roger Witherspoon
Sep 7, 20103 min read


Graceless Ageing at Salem
By Roger Witherspoon Download and/or Print Article A series of wide ranging, federal inspections of the twin Salem nuclear power plants...
Roger Witherspoon
Sep 4, 20105 min read


Red Ink and Black Crayons: Drawing the Future at GM and Chrysler
The future of GM and Chrysler now rests largely with the fertile imaginations of two Black artists: Ed Welburn and Ralph Gilles.
Roger Witherspoon
Aug 13, 201011 min read


Doodling Sports Cars: The Art of Andre Hudson
Andre Hudson's seven-year journey through GM’s design system had the young Hudson working on big SUVs including the Chevy SSR and Hummer H3.
Roger Witherspoon
Aug 13, 20105 min read


Rich Man’s Jets and Family Sedans: The Creative Crayons of Earl Lucas
Earl Lucas, in 1999, joined Ford and worked as the senior interior designer for the 2000 Lincoln Navigator.
Roger Witherspoon
Aug 6, 20104 min read


Smart ForTwo: When Half a Car Is Still a Lot
2010 Smart ForTwo was designed to comfortably hold two large people and little else.
Roger Witherspoon
Aug 5, 20104 min read


Road Running in the Zoom – Zoom 6
The 2010 Mazda 6 GT is a competitive, comfortable, affordable, attractive sedan for all occasions.
Roger Witherspoon
Jul 30, 20104 min read


Rolling in GM’s Little Truck
2010 GMC Terrain SLT -1 has a 3.0-Liter DOHC, cast aluminum V-6 engine producing 264 horsepower and 222 pound/feet of torque.
Roger Witherspoon
Jul 18, 20104 min read
Regulators Cite FP&L For Safety Violations
By Roger Witherspoon Download and/or Print Article Federal regulators have fined Florida Power & Light $70,000 for improperly maintaining...
Roger Witherspoon
Jun 23, 20104 min read
The Myth of Technological Infallibility
By Roger Witherspoon Download and/or Print Article The unfolding events in the Gulf of Mexico underscore the importance of journalists...
Roger Witherspoon
Jun 21, 20105 min read


Two for the Road: The Hybrid and the Sports Sedan
2010 Mercedes Benz S-550 has a driver monitoring system, augmented with an infrared night vision camera which pops a thermal image...
Roger Witherspoon
May 9, 20106 min read
Two for the Road The Altima Cousins
By Roger Witherspoon May 8, 2010 Download and/or Print Article The weak winter sunlight glistened off of the jagged, two-foot-high mounds...
Roger Witherspoon
May 8, 20105 min read
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